Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 691 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) pink
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light green (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
29. 29.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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